Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-09-10
The TOrtilita Mines
The Leading Mining Prop
critics of the Country.
Their Marvellous Richness in
Gold and Silver.
A Safe and Profitable Invest
ment for all.

From The Nelo York Star. dug. q, 1887.
The mines of the Tortilta Gold and
silver Mining Company of No. 81 Broad
way, New York, have become the most
favorably known property of this class in
America. Their great value has been
demonstrated by new and continuous dis
coveries of vast bodies of rich ore as the
work goes on, and investors in the shares
of the company are from all sections and
all classes in the country.
The Tortilitas are developed, proven
and working mines. The shares are an
absolute security, as they are based on
| property worth many times what they
call for. Shares are for sale in any size
lots from one share TO ten thousand
There is no better orsafer investment
| Receipts for $3.50, 900 in bullion taken
out of the mines during their development
can be seen at the company's office.
The demand for the shares is increas
ing daily. They are the favorite invest
ment everywhere with all The Tortilita
shares are not affected by Wall street PAN
les. They are an investment security
pure and simple.
The Torilitas have lately been examin-
ed and reported upon favorablY by the
Tucson (Ariz Star, published within
VI buC IilluCs, TIC AAlIA
Enterprise and the Hartford Post. These
and other leading journals have publish
ed articles pronouncing the mines worth
many times more than they are capitaliZ-
ed for. The sale of the stock is being con-
Quoted upon different plan from that
generally employed, the management
offering the shares direct for investment
in any sized lots instead of making it a
stock speculation.
The Hartford Post, in the full page
article referred to, says
Just now the newspapers have great
deal to say respecting wonderful group
of twelve gold and silver mines in south
ern Arizona, in the Owls Head mining
district, known as the Tortilita mines. AS
the readers of the Post are certain to be
interested in these remarkable mineswhich
for some time to come are likely to be
the centre of attraction for investors in
mining stock, we take pleasure in pre-
senting also some facts CLEANED from re-
liable sources in furtherance of the Posts
constant purpose to place before its read
ers in available form every good thing
which the market affords.
The Great I0rtilito.
A well known gentleman from the East,
who is an expert in mining enterprises,
for his own pers onal qualification made
an examination of the Tortilita mines last
month, and we are fortunately able to
print his report here. We give his report
in his own words:
ION arriving at the campI inquired for
the Superintendent of the mines, Mr.. ID.
4. Elmore, found Mr.. Elmore a gen
tleman of about 80 years of age, a typical
western man. well bronzed with the hot
suns Of this semi tropical climate and the
exposure resulting from thirty years ac-
tive mining life on the Pacific coast"
The Superintendent Statement.
In reply to question Mr.. Elmore
said: Il came here to take charge of this
property three years ago. We have sub
seQuently added TO it by purchase and
otherwise until we control all the valua-
BILE rights in this district have seen all
the best mines in America, and worked in
them. and Ltell you here and now that
the Tortilitas are the greatest and best of
their class on the American continent"
Exploring The Mines
After good nights rest began sur
vey of the field with Mr.. Elmore. We
drove mile and half northerly 10 the
BY Chance Mine, where we found the
men at work in four places. In shaft A,
which is a distance of 1870 feet from the
south centre end of the claim, ore is un-
covered for distance of several hundred
feet, and in this distance, varying from
so to 100 feet apart, are four other OPEN
ings running parallel. We went down
an incline for thirty feet. and there great
wall of ore and true fissure vein was
disclosed to me. From this point went
through a tunnel and was shown large
bodies of ore above me- We then return
ed and went down fifty feet further and
there measured breast of ore forty-two
and half feet wide, from which / took
samples to the mill and saw worked. yield
ing an average of $50 per ton. In three
places on this vein below the water ore
has been uncovered, and the vein shown
to be four feet wide and of unknown
length and depth. This demonstrates
the great value of this property. for, as
all mining men know, this concentration
below the water level proves the perma-
nency and value of mine The ore chan
ges in character and becomes richer. /
could see thousands of tons of ore in
sight that only needs sufficient mill cap
acity to produce unlimited quantities of
bnllion. / saw the ore extracted from the
earth, brought to the surface and turned
into bullion under my own eyes.
Opinion Of the Foreman.
Here encountered the foreman under
Mr.. Elmore, an old, grizzled, storm beat,
en-, honest visaged miner, named McGov-
ern Said he:
Il have worked on the Comstocks,
have been in the Silver King and other
great mines. | have followed this busi-
ness all my life. This is the richtst prop